Bury, Lancashire.
_Tenth (or the Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons_ (Vol.
viii., p. 538.; Vol. ix., p. 19.).--The monarch of this realm reviewing a
regiment, of which the heir apparent was not only Colonel, but took the
command, and directed all the military evolutions on the occasion, was such
a particular event as to merit being commemorated by the splendid picture
at Hampton Court Palace. Your correspondent [Phi]., who desires to be
informed on what particular day that review took place, will find that it
was on Thursday, Aug. 15, 1799. In the daily paper, _The True Briton_, of
Aug. 16, 1799, he will find some details, of which the following is an
abridgment:
"The Prince of Wales's regiment (the 10th Light Dragoons) was yesterday
reviewed by his Majesty on Winkfield Plain. The troops practised their
manoeuvres through Cranbourne Woods, &c. His Royal Highness gave the
word of command to his regiment, and wore in his military helmet 'an
oak bough.' The Prince of Wales gave an entertainment afterwards to the
officers at the Bush Inn, at Staines."
The general officers in attendance upon his Majesty, and represented in the
picture, were the Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal H. R. H. the {86} Duke
of York, K.G. and K.B., Colonel 2nd Foot Guards; Lieut.-Gen. and
Adjutant-Gen. Sir Wm. Fawcett, K.B., 3rd Dragoon Guards; Lieut.-Gen. David
Dundas, Quarter-master-General, 7th Light Dragoons; Major-Gen. Goldsworthy,
First Equerry, 1st Royal Dragoons.